Potty Training - San Jose,CA

It really depends on the child and their eagerness to do it. We tried to potty train my daughter at 2 and she seemed to be interested and get it at first but the just back slided. It wasnt unitl she was 3 that she was really ready and it hasnt been much of a struggle since then. We have had very few accidents. I say try putting her in a pulllup and have the kiddie potty available. Ask a couple of times a day if she wants to try to sit and go potty, if she is willing great, if not dont push it and just go at her pace. Hope this helps :)

Hello, You are starting great, it may take sometime but work on it slowly and you will be pleased. I am babysitting a set of 2yo twin boys. One is great about it and the other is not interested at all, but will sit there just becasue his brother did. Do not expect that a little ones brain will wrap aroundthe concept that what they have been doing fo their life time is suddenly the wrong thing-- they don't get that part. and don't expect to ahve them poop in the toilet for some time. My granddaughter was afraid of the sound and the splash for nearly a year so at nearly 3 she is a pro at it all. It only took her figuring out that she got to stay up later becasue she had to go tothe bathroom.
I have 5 childen and when theywere all young theyeach took thier time.
Good Luck

The right time is when the child is cognitively and physically capable, and emotionally ready to take on the life-changing commitment. Though there is an early window for many children around a year and a half, they will often lost interest after a few weeks or months, and then it's up to the parents to remember and push the issue (which can result in resistance, frustration, or a sense of failure).

For most girls, training "for keeps" happens at around 2.5 or later. Night training and poop training often happen later when physical maturity enabling those stages kicks in, but many children show curiosity and eagerness starting around 2.5 for daytime training. You can certainly begin the mental preparation earlier with books, stories, demonstrating how you use the toilet, playing potty with her toys, etc. When kept fun and attractive, these will enhance the learning process once it actually starts.

When the child is ready, training can happen almost by itself, just as learning to walk and talk are natural developments once a child is ready. You can start the process earlier, but the child will seldom be truly trained until they are ready. So a little girl who might have all her ducks in a row by 28 months will probably be trained at that age. If the parents start training her at 22 months will be working at it for 6 months. The parents who start at 27.5 months will work at it for a couple of weeks. In either case, the end result is the same, and training is complete about the same age.

Each child is different, and so is each parent. And it does take both being ready for potty training to work. One thing I'm finding, with the two boys in my childcare who are currently training, is that putting them into regular underwear seems to be helping a lot. The younger boy's parents have him in underwear and he is getting the idea much faster than the older boy whose parents are keeping him in diapers. It's difficult to tell, of course, how much of that is just a difference in the two boys' personalities and readiness, but I've noticed that if I leave the diaper off the older boy and just have him run around in his pants with nothing under them for a while, he seems to be more ready to think about going to the potty because he understands his clothing will be wet if he doesn't. So I recommend getting her some underwear if you think she and you are ready to try training. Use a diaper or pull-up for naps and bedtime only and be ready for some messes from "accidents" for a few days until she gets proficient at recognizing she needs to go and gets there on time.
This is the area of caring for children that I find is the most frustrating and where I feel the least confidence. I think that is probably true of most parents too. Just take it a day at a time and it will happen. Mainly don't let yourself get discouraged.

Start now. We started at 18 months, and she was totally done, including night, by 23.

JMO but the "right" time is a time when you *and* your child feel ready, the "right" approach (gradual, cold turkey, or somewhere in between) depends on what you feel would work best for your child's temperament. No job or college application will ask how old the student was when he/she learned to use the potty or how quickly the process went ;-). I've told people that potty training is sort of like hiking up a mountain - it looks intimidating, you know you're going to have to spend a good amount of effort on it, and some folks will have the courage and energy to take the short, steep ascent up the face of the mountain while others will take the longer but less steep trail that winds back and forth up the mountain. Both routes get you to the same place, one will take longer but is less intimidating.

Going into 2nd week of no diapers (except at night) with our son. He will be 3 next month. Used something similar to 3day potty training mentioned below. I gradually kept showing him his 'big boy pants' (regular underwear) and told him when his diapers were all gone he was going to get to wear them. He was really excited about that (I understand this could have completely went the other way too). First day was accidents all day but he would tell us right away and we would run to the potty anyway. 2nd day, a combination of making it to the potty and not making it to the potty. 3rd day, potty all day and only one accident, 4th day potty only. We didn't stay home all 4 days, only the first 3. Still wearing nightime diaper. Some mornings it's dry and he asked to go in the potty and other times it's wet. Every kid is different and when they are ready it will 'click' for them. We do 1 sticker for #1 and 2 stickers for #2. I just make sure to tell him that where ever we go there is a potty...

My best advice is to go to threedaypottytraining.com and check them out. I bought their guide for my second child (first one was a nightmare in potty training) and it was GREAT. I can't say enough good abot it. They even have an email help desk, so you can ask questions and you get answers w/in 12 hours or something. It's the best money I ever spent!!!!! And no, I'm not trying to sell for them - I'm just telling you my experience. Good luck!!

You could try now by putting her on the potty every 30 minutes. If youre at home put training panties on her (the cloth ones are best so she can feel any wetness) Try for a week if she doesnt grasp the idea, wait. Dont try for more then a week...she's just not ready yet.

I've had three kids and all I can say is, the earlier the better. Teach a child that what you expect is for her/him to poop in the diaper and that is what the child will expect.

If you wait too long you'll end up waiting even longer, imo.

My eldest was 3.5 years! I waited until 2 and used those big diapers, pullups all of it. All it did was make it a long, futile process.

My second child was trained at 18 months. Why? She was almost always naked. My third child was almost trained at about 16 months. She too was almost always naked, I put her down for naps naked, and just put her in panties and on the toilet after meals/drinks/at regular intervals. It was a very natural process for my younger two children. Very rapidly they were gradually peeing/pooping on the toilet more and more until it was all the time.

But if you want it to be natural, you can't be afraid of accidents. Or flip out about accidents, or make ANY of it a big deal, at all.

Oh, and with my second two, early on, I exclusively used cloth diapers.

We did the 3 Day Potty Training method (from www.3daypottytraining.com) over Memorial Day weekend with our 21 month old daughter and she was potty trained within the week. It was a very positive experience for her and us and we are really happy we did it! She still wakes up with a wet bed once a week but we can handle that. It basically requires a 3 day stretch where you can stay home (and I mean home all day long - no playground, no grocery store, etc) and pay extremely close attention to your child at all times (she recommends preparing meals in advance if you are doing it alone - which is why my husband and I decided to do it together) and you reward with special treats (we did stickers and fig newtons for "wee-wee" and some bigger prizes for poops) and lots of praise. The first day you throw all of your diapers away in a little ceremony and from then on you are diaper free (this is mostly for the parents!). Anyway, we thought it was great. Good luck!

You and your daughter are on the right track. The fact that she tells you after she goes in her diaper means that she is becoming aware of her bodily functions. At some point she will make the transition to telling you she has to go before and not after she is wet. Just expect bm's to continue is her diaper/pull up for a while after that. Reason being is that kids can control going pee because they can 'hold it', however the same is not true for bm's and it takes a little longer for them to be comfortable with that.